State v. Franklin
Supreme Court of Missouri
1Opinion of the Court
WELBORN, Commissioner.
A jury in the St. Louis Circuit Court found Robert L. Franklin guilty of statutory rape. § 559.260, RSMo 1959, V.A.M. S. The court, acting under the Second Offender Act, fixed the punishment at five years’ imprisonment. This appeal followed.
On October 24, 1968, the fourteen-year-old victim of the offense was returning to her residence in St. Louis at around 10:00 A.M. She met the defendant, whom she had known previously. Defendant inquired whether anyone was at the girl’s house. When she told him no one was there, he requested her to take him to her house. The girl…
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2Cases cited6 opinions
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